Grave sites cleared by rubber firms: NGOs
Four Vietnamese rubber firms are responsible for destroying an estimated 1,000 hectares of community forest, including an indigenous graveyard, in Ratanakkiri’s Andong Meas district, a group of NGOs have claimed.
The land dispute involving 196 families living in Talav commune dates back to 2011, Chhay Thy,
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/grave-sites-cleared-rubber-firms-ngos
Fifteen ‘gunned down’
Twelve Cambodians were shot dead by Thai security forces on March 5 after illegally crossing the border from Choam Ksan district in Preah Vihear province to log timber, Cambodian officials said yesterday.
Another three illegal loggers were killed on Wednesday and two others are still missing,
Cheang Sokha and Daniel Pye
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/fifteen-%E2%80%98gunned-down%E2%80%99
UNICEF says 6.3 million Cambodians still lack access to safe water
It is almost four years since the UN General Assembly declared that water was a human right, meaning every person should have access to safe water and basic sanitation, yet 6.3 million Cambodians do not have this basic necessity, UNICEF said to mark World Water
UNICEF Media Centre Staff
http://www.unicef.org/cambodia/12681_22270.html
Longans longing for storage
The amount of land used to grow longans has doubled in the past two years, but a lack of supply-chain infrastructure is hampering farmers’ ability to get top dollar for their product, the fruit’s body says.
Sreng Sreang, deputy director of the Pailin Longan Farmers’ Community
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/longans-longing-storage
March for the Environment Halted by Police
Some 400 students, monks and activists were stopped from a peaceful march for Environmental Day on Thursday, as they sought to deliver petitions to the Ministry of Environment and other institutions calling for an end to deforestation.
Cambodia’s forests provide many services to the rural poor,
Suy Heimkhemra
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/march-for-the-environment-halted-by-police/1930290.html
CNRP lawmaker-elect to visit contested area
An opposition lawmaker-elect pledged yesterday to visit an undemarcated section of the border in Svay Rieng province to investigate allegations that Cambodian farmers have been blocked by Vietnamese soldiers from using land they previously farmed for years without problem.
Svay Rieng lawmaker-elect Real Camerin said that
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-lawmaker-elect-visit-contested-area
Release our relatives: evictees
The families of four people from Pailin province’s Krinh village who have been incarcerated since March for allegedly living on state land are calling for their release.
Fifty-year-old Nheb Nharn said that he and his wife, Om Som Ath, had lived on the land in Stung
May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/release-our-relatives-evictees
Companies squabble, villagers protest in Kandal
A company that villagers say owns land that was illegally grabbed from them in Kandal province asked more than 100 residents of Ponhea Leu commune to leave the firm out of their dispute and focus their ire on Phanimex, which is owned by powerful businesswoman
Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/companies-squabble-villagers-protest-in-kandal-65067/
NEC Calls for Council Election Candidates
The National Election Committee (NEC) on Tuesday called on political parties to send in lists of proposed candidates who wish to be considered in the upcoming municipal, provincial, city and district council elections, which are scheduled for May 18.
NEC President Im Suosdey said at a
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/nec-calls-for-council-election-candidates-51993/
Cambodia predicts 12 pct growth in tourism this year: minister
Cambodia is forecast to receive 4.7 million foreign visitors in 2014, an estimated rise of 12 percent from 4.2 million in 2013, Minister of Tourism Thong Khon said Wednesday.
Last year, the country’s tourism generated 2.5 billion U.S. dollars, contributing about 16 percent to the GDP,
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2014-02/26/c_133144806.htm
NGOs urge CNRP to end parliamentary boycott
The Committee for Free and Fair Election in Cambodia (Comfrel) urged the 55 lawmakers of Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) to join the National Assembly in order to reform the National Election Committee (NEC).
“Lawmakers of CNRP have to join the National Assembly, or there
The Cambodia Herald
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=ZDQ3MDg2ZWQxMTR
EU concludes ‘frank’ talks on rights, reform
Four days of high-level policy meetings between the European Union and Cambodia wrapped up in Brussels yesterday, after seeing “frank and in-depth exchanges” on a number of issues, including human rights, according to an EU press statement released last night.
Ahead of the meeting of
Kevin Ponniah
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/eu-concludes-%E2%80%98frank%E2%80%99-talks-rights-reform
Ethnic group petitions UN to halt Areng dam
The Areng Chorng ethnic minority group yesterday submitted five petitions – addressed to the UN office in Cambodia and four government institutions – seeking a halt to the Sinohydro dam project in Koh Kong province.
After blocking Sinohydro from entering the dam site in the Areng
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ethnic-group-petitions-un-halt-areng-dam
Construction raking in cash
Foreign and domestic investment in construction projects skyrocketed in the first four months of the year, government data suggests.
Ministry of Land Management and Urban Planning data revealed last week shows total investment in new construction projects reached more than $1.4 billion at the end of
May Kunmakara and Sum Manet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/construction-raking-cash
Border chaos claims 2 more
A second deadly car accident in as many days has claimed the lives of more Cambodian migrant workers fleeing Thailand in the wake of last month’s military takeover.
At least two undocumented Cambodian workers were killed while driving through Thailand’s Chonburi province to get to the
Laignee Barron and May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/border-chaos-claims-2-more
New wolf snake discovered in Cambodia
A distinctive new wolf snake species discovered in Cambodia has been named in honour of Zoos Victoria, recognising their support provided to Fauna & Flora International’s (FFI) studies in the Cardamom Mountains over the last few years.
The wolf snake is the latest species to be
AsianScientist News Staff
http://www.asianscientist.com/in-the-lab/wolf-snake-discovered-cambodia-2014/
Officials raid villager’s home in KDC dispute
Police and court officials on Wednesday searched the home of villager Oum Sophy, who has been outspoken opponent of the well-connected KDC company as it has tried to push her and dozens of her neighbors off their land in Kompong Chhnang province.
The raid came after
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/officials-raid-villagers-home-in-kdc-dispute-64802/
Ministry says it is making efforts to stop abuse
The Foreign Affairs Ministry on Friday defended the Cambodian Embassy and consulates in China, which have been accused of ignoring female citizens in peril there, and said it has made efforts to cut off the flow off women being sold into brothels or forced marriages.
In
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministry-says-it-is-making-efforts-to-stop-abuse-65563/
Prime minister gives graduates class in geopolitics 101
Amid a dour assessment of the current geopolitical landscape, Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday warned that only bad things follow when long-ruling strongmen are overthrown.
In the lead-up to last year’s national elections, which Mr. Hun Sen’s ruling CPP officially won amid reports of widespread
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/prime-minister-gives-graduates-class-in-geopolitics-101-65696/
Cambodian officials pledge to further promote cultural, people-to-people ties with China
Senior Cambodian officials on Tuesday vowed to further enhance cultural and people-to-people relations between Cambodia and China for the benefits of the two countries and peoples.
“Cambodia supports all activities to broaden cultural ties with China,” Cambodian Minister of Culture and Fine Arts Phoeurng Sackona said
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2014-09/16/c_133647345.htm
